Welcome

At Blackhawk C3 Lab we strive to develop a lab space where students embrace the C’s of creation, collaboration, and competition through hands-on development of projects using 3 dimensional (3D) printing. In the C3 Lab, students use 21st century tools to create and design real world objects, collaborate with peers toward a common goal, and compete against others to develop the most innovative solution. The C3 Lab is housed in a repurposed classroom outfitted with iPads or iPad minis, Apple TVs, and Makerbot 3-D replicators. Here, students use the iPads and computers to develop virtual 3D products that can be printed via the Makerbot onto a variety of 3D mediums. The C3 Lab engages students in cross-curricular learning throughout the STEAM content areas in individual and group work. The C3 Lab assists in meeting Blackhawk’s goal of preparing students for today’s changing global environment. In 2013, the Blackhawk School District added a requirement that students must take an elective course in STEM to graduate. The C3 Lab assists in going beyond STEM skills and reinforces the need for students to consider aesthetics when designing and creating. The integrated approach of a C3 Lab addresses students’ needs to be prepared for our modern world.